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20Plasmonic Optical Antenna and Its Enhancement to Infrared Photodetectors

Lin LiNeda Mojaverian

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Guiru Gu

Stonehill College

Xuejun Lu

University of Massachusetts Lowell

20.1 Introduction

20.2 A Brief Review of the Basic Concepts of Conventional RF Antennas

$\vec{E}$ and $\vec{H}$ Fields of a Half-Wave Dipole Antenna

Directivity and Gain of the Half-Wave Dipole Antenna

Electromagnetism Reciprocity and Antenna Receiving Patterns

20.3 Surface Plasmonic Waves and Optical Antennas

Surface Plasmonic Waves

Wave Vector of SPR and Scaling Factor

Difference between RF Antennas and Optical Antennas

20.4 Optical Antenna Enhanced QDIPs

Transformation of the Far Field to the Near Field in a Pointed Dipole Optical Antenna

Polarization-Dependent ...

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